The Alabama Senate passed a bill Thursday that would allow presumptive eligibility for pregnant women for Medicaid ... who brought forth a House version of the same bill, said after it “sunsets ...

Specifically, HB322 "would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover screening and would also regulate how Medicaid covers prescription drugs used to treat postpartum depression." ...

Smith said Alabama’s Medicaid program does not have room for cuts. “We have a bare-bones program here, only covers children, people with disabilities, pregnant women — very few low-income ...